During the long period of feudal rule, more than four hundred emperors appeared. Among them, there are many famous emperors, who are either known for their wisdom or warn the world of evil virtues. But if you want to say that the founding emperor who started from scratch and counterattacked from the grassroots, in addition to Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty was shallow in his learning and created his fierce personality in his military career, he was by no means an idle man who could create the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and his wisdom was naturally not insignificant.
However, although Gui was emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang still had many regrets in his life. For example, his favorite prince Zhu Biao died young, and he was helpless about it. In addition, he asked his sister questions in order to subdue Wang Baobao. As a result, Wang Baobao did not submit, but his sister's answer has been recited to this day.
Grassroots Tianzi
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, social turmoil and disasters were repeated. In the chaotic world, Zhu Yuanzhang lost his parents and eldest brother successively. In desperation, he had no choice but to go to the temple to become a monk. But the good times did not last long, and finally the temple also suffered a famine. Zhu Yuanzhang had to live on the streets and become a beggar.
The ancients had clouds, and the times created heroes. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in a chaotic world, did not abandon himself, but joined the rebel army and overthrew the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty. In the end, he counterattacked all the way and became the king of a country. All this is estimated that even Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not expect it.
Most of the emperors who have become emperors from the poor people have a common disease, that is, they are too suspicious. Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. In order to save the hard-won Jiangshan, he also followed Liu Bang's example in killing the founding heroes. The most typical case is the sapphire case. The trick of rabbit dead dog cooking was used by Zhu Yuanzhang.
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions have reached a morbid level. Even after becoming emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang still distrusted his ministers, and it seemed that he could only sit back and relax if he killed all those who posed a threat to him and his descendants.
However, even so, Zhu Yuanzhang was very devoted to a military general, and this military general was still his opponent. This person was Wang Baobao, a famous general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang wantonly killed his own military generals, but for this Mongol who had caused him many troubles, he was thirsty for talents, and Wang Baobao's ability could be imagined.
Famous general Wang Baobao
Wang Baobao was born into a family of eunuchs, the son of a Hanlin scholar of the Yuan Dynasty. Wang Baobao, the name of the Han Chinese, is the Chinese name he gave to the people who integrated into the Central Plains, and his original name was Kuoku Timur.
It is not difficult to see from the act of giving himself a Chinese name that Wang Baobao was deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. When he was young, Wang Baobao was influenced by his father, loved to read, and knew the culture of the Central Plains very well. This laid a solid theoretical foundation for Wang Baobao's later military career.
Wang Baobao's father lived in a period of late Yuan Dynasty, when the Yuan Dynasty was no longer what it used to be, and rebel armies from all over the country swarmed. Among the various rebel armies, the Red Turban Army has the greatest momentum. Wang Baobao's father organized volunteer soldiers to suppress the Red Turban Army.
However, before the Red Turban Army could be suppressed, Wang Baobao's father died of illness. Wang Baobao, the eldest son, under the leadership of his uncle, joined the rebel army that suppressed the Red Turban Army. Wang Bao, who had just entered the battlefield, had the courage and strategy to win consecutive battles, and finally forced the Red Turban Army to surrender.
At this time, Wang Baobao was not yet 20 years old, but the people admired him very much, and he was called "little general soldier" in the army. And this is just Wang Baobao's small test of the ox knife.
After the Red Turban Army was pacified, the Yuan government should have continued to work hard to fight against other rebel armies. However, due to different factions, there was infighting within the Yuan Dynasty, which made Wang Baobao unable to concentrate on countering the rebellion. This gave Zhu Yuanzhang a rare chance to breathe.
Taking this opportunity, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated two strong competitors Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youyu, and at the same time strengthened the team. When the Yuan government once again surrendered its gaze to this once inconspicuous rebel general, Zhu Yuanzhang was already full of wings and launched a fierce attack on the Yuan government.
At this time, after a long period of internal friction, the Yuan Dynasty was no longer able to resist Zhu Yuanzhang's attack. Emperor Yuanshun had to evacuate Dadu. The Yuan Dynasty's rule in the Central Plains was completely ended.
After Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Dadu, he renamed it Beiping, and then launched an attack on Shanxi, intending to use Shanxi as a springboard and then the Northern Expedition to completely annihilate the Mongols. However, this strategy of the Ming army suffered great obstacles, and it was Wang Baobao who blocked the Ming army.
Although the Yuan army at this time no longer had the prestige of the past, under the leadership of Wang Baobao, it still launched a deadly resistance with the Ming army. Although the Ming army also dealt a heavy blow to Wang Baobao, Wang Baobao was always able to reorganize his forces and continue to fight in a very short period of time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang discussed the detailed Northern Expedition strategy with the generals, the generals, including Xu Da, unanimously proposed to abandon Datong and change the route to Yingchang, because Datong was guarded by Wang Baobao, and none of the Ming generals wanted to confront him head-on. Wang Baobao's conducting art can be described as the pinnacle of perfection.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang once commented on Wang Baobao as a strange man and very much wanted to recruit him for his own use. It can be seen that in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, although there are many famous generals under him, only Wang Baobao is the only one who is famous in the world.
The Ming army captured a woman in the course of the Northern Expedition, and the appearance of this woman gave Zhu Yuanzhang the hope of subduing Wang Baobao.
Zhu Yuanzhang's scheme
In 1376, the Ming army sent troops to the Northern Expedition. Before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang made it clear to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun that the success of the Northern Expedition was not to capture Emperor Yuanshun or capture Yuan Dadu, but to capture Wang Baobao. However, this time, the Ming army did not capture Wang Baobao, but captured his sister.
After seeing Wang Baobao's sister, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and he thought that Wang Baobao would definitely come to surrender for his sister. So he sent someone to send a letter to Wang Baobao. What he never expected was that Wang Baobao was completely unmoved, and in the face of great righteousness, Wang Baobao did not miss his family affection at all.
What Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect was that Wang Baobao's sister was also a fierce woman. When Zhu Yuanzhang offered to ask her to help persuade Wang Baobao to surrender, the Mongolian woman sternly refused his request, pointing out that Wang Baobao's loyalty could be learned from the sun and the moon, so that he could dispel his thoughts as soon as possible.
Not only that, she also told Zhu Yuanzhang that she was ready to die, and she could be generous at any time to relieve Wang Baobao's worries. Seeing that her attitude was so resolute, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and not mention the matter of surrender, so as to prevent her from seeking short-sightedness and losing the bottom card to persuade Wang Baobao to surrender.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a way to make peace, and let Wang Baobao's sister marry his son. However, she rejected Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness on the grounds of her grandfather's new funeral. So Zhu Yuanzhang asked her what was the biggest thing in the world.
Hearing this question, Wang Baobao's sister replied solemnly: "Loyalty and filial piety are the greatest." This answer made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied, because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use the word loyalty and filial piety.
For the understanding of filial piety, everyone is the same. As for the perception of loyalty, due to different angles, there will be huge differences. Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of this disagreement and set a language trap for Wang Baobao's sister.
As a prisoner of war, Wang Baobao's sister can be described as "in Cao Ying's heart in Han", so her loyalty in her mind is to be loyal to the Yuan Dynasty in the far north of the desert. As the ruler of the Central Plains Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's sister was in the Central Plains at this time, and his understanding of loyalty was naturally loyal to himself.
So the Mongol woman was forced to be loyal to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and married zhu Zhu, the king of Qin. In order to achieve his own goals, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally treated this daughter-in-law very favorably, so that she was still superior in the palace, hoping that she would one day be willing to help her persuade Wang Baobao to surrender.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang never waited for Wang Baobao to return to Daming. In 1376, a generation of famous generals Wang Baobao died, and Zhu Yuanzhang's wish was finally disappointed. And his patience with the Mongolian daughter-in-law disappeared with Wang Baobao's death.
Twenty years later, when the thirty-nine-year-old King of Qin died young, Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order to the princess to be buried for her son. In this way, this strange woman of great righteousness ended her life.
epilogue
Whether it is the emperor or the people, there will be unattainable goals in their lives. As the saying goes, "Life is not satisfactory, nine times out of ten." Compared with the people, the powerful emperor had more difficulty in accepting this cruel reality.
Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding emperor of daming, was accustomed to a life of one echo. When faced with the stern refusal of Wang Baobao's brothers and sisters, Bi Bi will definitely be full of anger. From his practice of letting the Wang clan be buried, it can be seen that he has a grudge against the Wang clan.
Although Wang Shi was a female streamer, he was able to refuse Zhu Yuanzhang's request and regard death as a homecoming, and his courage was really admirable, and the "loyalty and filial piety greatest" answered under his wit have also been passed down to this day.
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